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09/13/2008 07:25:10 PM · #1 |
Okay--I am on a business trip in the UK, have an image I just took today that I want to enter in the Numbers challenge. I working off of a little laptop with a portable app version of Gimp.
I have found how to resize it to max 720 image size, but the file size is 300K, which busts the 200K limit. I can't find any way in Gimp to adjust the "quality" of the compression when saved so that I can get that file size down--and it is the only photo editing software I have with me....
It is also the first time I have ever used Gimp, so the trick is probably staring me in the face, but I can't see. I will claim jetlag as an excuse for my ineptitude--that's my story and I am stickin to it :-)
Thanks in advance for your help
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09/13/2008 08:09:20 PM · #2 |
| If you are working in Windows, try using IrfanView, an excellent free viewer/editor; it has a quality slider control when saving in JPEG format. I would create the "finished" image in TIFF format (using GIMP in this case), then re-save in JPEG at various quality settings until I got it under the size limit. |
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09/13/2008 08:12:51 PM · #3 |
| I used GIMP for a while and that was always my problem. I never did find a good way to drop the quality without destroying the photo. |
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09/13/2008 08:56:08 PM · #4 |
After scaling the image down - using the best method - cubic, hit the file thingie which gives you the save options; after choosing one, hit the save thingie and a window will appear asking for the percentage of compression. For the DPC limits I use 85%, which is usually enough. Mostly use Irfanview though, but also with the 85%, unless it is a very complex photo. I'm using Gimp 2.
Message edited by author 2008-09-13 20:56:52. |
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09/13/2008 09:21:34 PM · #5 |
| I have always used a program call Imagewell. I have a mac, not sure if its available on PC but the program is specifically an image resizing program. It works great and I highly recommend it... |
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09/14/2008 07:05:34 AM · #6 |
Thanks, Everyone!!
As I am not allowed to install software on this laptop, I am limited to the PortableApp version of Gimp on my jump drive.
However, I had seen (once) the exact scenario Tnun described but couldn't find it again--no menu selections for it. I had been saving without seeing the options, so was (jetlaggedly) confused. This morning, I tried Tnun's suggestion again and, voila', it does present the options if you are saving as a new file! THANKS.
Now, using this terrible little monitor and unfamiliar gimpy in a very basic way, I will enter the Numbers competition to continue my string of mediocre scores ;~) |
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09/14/2008 07:52:59 AM · #7 |
| Resize your image then click save as. Select file name and extension then click save, this will bring up a small box that includes the words 'file size unknown' and under this, 'show preview in image window'. Tick the box that say's show preview in image window and the size of the file will be shown. Move the slider backwards or forwards to adjust the file size. |
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09/14/2008 08:50:13 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by dzone1:
Resize your image then click save as. Select file name and extension then click save, this will bring up a small box that includes the words 'file size unknown' and under this, 'show preview in image window'. Tick the box that say's show preview in image window and the size of the file will be shown. Move the slider backwards or forwards to adjust the file size. |
Those were going to be my exact words. In fact, I often use The Gimp for resizing for DPC because it's more accurate than CS3. |
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09/14/2008 02:07:48 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by redjulep:
Originally posted by dzone1:
Resize your image then click save as. Select file name and extension then click save, this will bring up a small box that includes the words 'file size unknown' and under this, 'show preview in image window'. Tick the box that say's show preview in image window and the size of the file will be shown. Move the slider backwards or forwards to adjust the file size. |
Those were going to be my exact words. In fact, I often use The Gimp for resizing for DPC because it's more accurate than CS3. |
I am a big Gimp fan myself.. all the way back from Grad School. I use it for resizing too.
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01/04/2010 02:12:32 AM · #10 |
i would just like to say that this thread may have just changed my life. i love gimp completely but had trouble with loss of detail when trying to get an image to fit the challenge limits. thank goodness for everyone who posted here!
i read it too late to save my paul simon entry from the rubbish heap but i've got renewed hope for future challenges! yay! |
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